- He was the son of a rice farmer. At the age of 14, he joined a secret nationalist movement. He graduated from Hanoi University with a doctorate, and taught history at a private school.
- His family name "Vo" means "force" and his first name Giap means "strong armor".
- He had a special interest in the military strategies of Napoleon. One student recalled that Vo could draw the French emperor's battle plans from memory. He published several books on military tactics.
- North Vietnamese general.
- Trained, along with Ho Chi Minh, by the OSS during World War II to fight the Japanese in a unit comparable to the OSS's French Jedburghs called the OSS Deer Team.
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